Talk:Holy Sponge

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Hey! Somebody put an NPOV dispute boilerplate message at the top of this page, but -it seems- didn't care to put any explanation of hier/her concerns here on this talk page. So, please come forward and explain. ;-) IMHO, it is hard to avoid a slight sound of sarcasm when talkin about allegedly genuine Christian relics, but if you feel offended by this, it should be possible to rephrase without much change. Just do so. Otherwise, I shall remove the boilerplate message, if no objections come up here. Simon A. 11:25, 10 Jun 2004 (UTC)

3 months later, and still no arguments for the NPOV marking. So, I'll remove it now. Simon A. 10:39, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Wow, 13 years of Catholic school and never heard of this! Well, it wasn't me who added the NPOV marking, but I'll tell you, describing anything that is a matter of religious faith as "legendary", especially in the first few words of the article, is bound to be offensive to some. I think this characterization should be removed altogether; I could perhaps soften it, but it's hard for me to think of a completely objective (non-POV) re-phrasing. OTOH, I think it's possible for someone to be a devout believer and yet have serious reservations (or disbelieve altogether) that such "relics" are genuine, that is, that they are really what some people claim them to be. Even the Catholic Encyclopedia article on relics admits that some are "spurious" or "doubtful" or products of "deception". BillFlis 20:30, 13 March 2006 (UTC)